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Morgan opened the envelope carefully, trying not to damage the letter within. Inside, there was a single page of cream paper with her father's message on one side.
Morgan, my daughter,
I hope you never have to read this, for if you do, then you are the last of the Remnant. We have protected the location of the Key, but now we are threatened and it is in jeopardy.
It falls to you now.
Those who seek the Gates of Hell must not find the Key. It is not for us to open, for to do so will usher in the Last Days.
I love you.
Papa
As she read the words, Morgan could hear her father's voice in her ear, his breath in the air around her sweetened with the honey cake he'd loved so much. Her tears dropped onto the page, making the blue ink run a little. She wiped her eyes and dabbed at the smu
